Paper-fastener.



No. 700,l04. 1 Patented May l3, I902. H. TRENCHABD, 1R. PAPER FASTENER.

[Application filed Mar. 3, 1902..

(No Model.)

4. WITNESSES: 5 I IN'VENTOH Mz J'Zrzry flenclaldj M 6' i w BY m/ minim"m: u'muus PETERS co; PnOTOM'mQ, Wnsumm'on, c. c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TRENOHARD, JR, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK. I

PAPE'R-FASTEN ER.

QATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,104, dated May 1902-Application filed March 3, 1902. Serial No. 96,404- (Nomodeh) T at whomzit-.may concern:

Beitknown that I, HENRY TRENOHARD,Jr., a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedPaper- Fastener,of which the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in fasteners for theflaps of envelops for containing small purchases, second-classmail-matter, or the like; and the object is to provide a fastener ofsimple construction that may be manufactured at a small cost and thatmay be readily'applied to an envelop.

I will describe a paper-fastener embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the'accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a back view of an envelop, showing a fastener embodying myinvention as applied thereto and showing the envelop-flap open. Fig. 2is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a back view showingthe envelop-flap as fastened down. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fastener.

The fastener consists of an eyelet 5, from opposite sides of which thefastening-fingers 6 extend. The eyelet and fingers are formed of onepiece of metal, preferably of soft brass, so that the fingers may bereadily bent inward or outward without breaking. In useowith an envelopthe eyelet 5 is to be passed through the back thereof, as clearlyindicated inthe drawings, and the inner end upset, and thereforearranged between this upset inner end and the envelop is a washer 7. Thefingers 6 are designed to pass through openings in the flap 8 of theenvelop. The openings 9 may be previously formed in the envelop-flap orthey may be formed by forcing the fingers through the material. When thefingers are passed through the flap, they are to be turned outward, asindicated in Fig. 3, and as the openings 9 are spaced considerably apartthe material 10 of the envelop-flap will form a cover to close theopening of the eyelet 5, thus preventing the entrance of dirt or dust.

By employing two fingers 6 instead of one the flap is more securely heldand is prevented from'a sliding movement on the body ofthe envelop.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent An envelop-fastener, comprising an eyelet adapted tobe engaged through the back of an envelop, and fingers extended fromopposite sides of the eyelet and adapted to be passed through the flapof the envelop and turned outward and down thereon, the material betweenthe openings in the flap forming a cover or closure for the eyelet,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY TRENOHARD, JR.

.Witnesses:

JNo. M. RITTER, O. R. FERGUSON.

